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TIL FEMA has a Waffle House Index to measure storm damage

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xKx7 TIL a man in China bought a first class ticket on China Eastern Airlines, went to the airport every day for almost a year, ate food for free at their lounge, changed his ticket for the next day after eating about 300 times, then cancelled his ticket for a full refund before validity expired.
AnEg TIL that the Nuremberg Trials was the first time in history that people were tried for crimes against humanity
W7V88 TIL that comedian Streeter Seidell, formerly of CollegeHumor, has written for Saturday Night Live since 2014 and became co-head writer in 2022.
mxypE TIL that there are many scientific names for water such as dihydrogen monoxide (subject of a famous hoax), oxidane, hydrohydroxic acid, hydric acid, hydrogen oxide, hydrol, and hydrogen hydroxide. Most of these names are not widely used, but are technically correct.
AD4mx TIL: Resiniferatoxin is 10,000 times hotter than the Carolina reaper and 1,000 times hotter than pure capsaicin. It’s actually hot enough to destroy nerve endings.